21
Our large group crossed the empty campus and reached the Praetorium. I paused halfway up the path and looked up. Candles illuminated the entirety of the second floor hall. I furrowed my brow as Caius came up beside me. “Were those candles lit before?”
He shook his head. “No, it wasn’t.” A shadow hurried from one window to the other and disappeared deeper into the building.
“Hurry!” Judith shouted.
We rushed forward and up the stairs to the second floor. There were candles not only in the window sills but on the floor and in the far corners. The door to the High Monitor’s office was open, and in a moment the harried face of Miss Clark peeked out.
“Thank Gad!” she shouted as she rushed down the hall. She grasped Judith’s hands in her own shaky ones. “You must help me! The
